A GIANT AIR SCHEME.
SERVICES TO AUSTRALIA. 13,000 MILES IN 131 HOURS. (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received 5.5 p.m.) London, May 7.—The “Daily Chronicle” states that following upon the settlement of the airmen’s strike a new company is organising extensions of airlines which link by link will result mi All-Red mail planes, goods planes and aerial wagonlit travelling regularly between London and Australia. Giant planes arc being built of metal throughout, with all the latest weightsaving device. Meanwhile fill survey of the aii'way to Sydney is being made. The line is composed of 11 stations—Malta, Cairo, Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, North Borneo* New Guinea, Pt. Darwin, and Sydney. It is estimated that the express service of 13,000 miles will occupy 131 j hours. The plans include re-fuelling in mid-air by means of winged tankers rising from stations.—(A. and N,Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 8 May 1924, Page 5
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